Supyire language
E949729
The Supyire language is a Senufo language spoken primarily in southern Mali by the Supyire people, known for its complex tonal system and rich noun class morphology.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Niger–Congo language
ⓘ
Senufo language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnicGroup | Supyire people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mali ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | relatively vigorous (but under pressure from Bambara and French) ⓘ |
| family | Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Sikasso Region of Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | supy1238 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Supyire Senoufo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Supyire Senoufo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sìpìré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Debara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fufula NERFINISHED ⓘ Kufulo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nyenere ⓘ Supyire proper NERFINISHED ⓘ Syenara ⓘ |
| hasDomain | traditional culture of Supyire people ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith | other Central Senufo languages ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex tonal system
ⓘ
noun classes ⓘ rich noun class morphology ⓘ tone ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agreement with noun classes
ⓘ
prefixal noun class markers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
tone marking grammatical distinctions ⓘ |
| hasProsodicFeature |
downstep
ⓘ
multiple level tones ⓘ |
| hasResearchOn |
noun class system
ⓘ
tone and focus ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bambara language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French language ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Senufo varieties (partially) ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | spp ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn | some local literacy programs in Mali ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Supyire people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenPrimarilyIn | southern Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Senufo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Supyire grammar by Jeffrey Heath ⓘ |
| usedBy | rural communities in southern Mali ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local trade
ⓘ
oral communication ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.